Dakota Hudson
2018–2024 · P

Dakota Hudson

6' 5", 215 lbs·Lived to 32·Bats R / Throws R
Pitcher archetype· SP· DERIVED
Sinker / Ground BallPounds the bottom of the zone with sinkers and lives on ground balls.2018–2024 · 9,115 pitches · 92.4 mph fastball
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Career Highs
3.35
Best ERA · 2019
16
Most W · 2019
136
Most K · 2019
1.408
Best WHIP · 2019
Career Arc · ERA
7 seasons
Statistical Comps

Career · Hitting

7 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2018STL26100.000.0000
2019STL335102.078.17523
2020STL8000
2021STL2300.333.833114
2022STL27000
2023STL18000
2024COL18000
Career1325502.091

Career · Pitching

7 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
2018STL2627.3412.63157191.354
2019STL33174.71673.351341361.408
2020STL839.0322.77160311.000
2021STL28.7102.0820560.923
2022STL27139.7874.4589781.446
2023STL1881.3634.9887451.500
2024COL1889.02126.1766491.674
Career132559.74032364
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 9,079 pitches · 2018–2024
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)SISLFFCUCH
SI · Sinker40.8% · 92.6 mph
SL · Slider26.3% · 86.8 mph
FF · 4-Seam Fastball16.7% · 91.9 mph
CU · Curveball12.1% · 81.3 mph
CH · Changeup4.1% · 85.4 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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